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ATF Snapshot

2001

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms (ATF) is a law
enforcement agency within the
U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Its unique responsibilities include
protecting the public, reducing
violent crime, and collecting
revenue. ATF enforces the
Federal laws and regulations
relating to alcohol, tobacco
products, firearms, explosives,
and arson. For the last 5 years,
the Treasury IG has awarded
ATF the highest rating possible for a strong financial internal control
structure and a solid record of complying with laws and regulations.

Arson and Explosives

ATF licenses and regulates approximately 9,500 explosives industry
members.

In FY99, ATF forwarded 154 explosives cases with 369 defendants and
236 arson cases also with 369 defendants for prosecution.

From 1995-1999, while heading the National Church Arson Task Force
ATF conducted 1,135 arson, bombing, and/or attempted-bombing
investigations nationwide at houses of worship, with a solve rate twice
the national average for arson. In addition, ATF's Certified Fire
Investigators investigated over 2,200 fire incidents.

ATF's 4 National Response Teams (NRTs) were activated on 42
occasions in FY99. These teams, which combine agents, explosive
specialists, forensic scientists, and technical specialists, can respond
within 24 hours to suspected bombing and arson scenes in the United
States.

ATF's International Response Team (IRT), formed in agreement with the
State Department, has been deployed in response to arson and
explosive incidents 19 times in countries such as Peru, Argentina,
Pakistan, El Salvador, Macedonia, Zambia, and Swaziland.

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ATF has also established a National Repository of information on
incidents involving arson and explosives.

Firearms

ATF regulates approximately 104,000 Federal Firearms Licensees
(FFL's) to ensure compliance with Federal firearms laws.

The Armed Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (formerly Achilles)
concentrates on identifying and removing the most dangerous armed
career criminals and drug traffickers from our communities. In FY99,
ATF forwarded 4,628 cases with 6,057 defendants for prosecution.

ATF's Firearms Trafficking Program reduces armed violent crime by
identifying and prosecuting individuals who are illegally supplying
firearms to violent criminals, gang offenders, and youths. In FY99, it was
estimated that 2,161 defendants were responsible for illegally trafficking
30,000 firearms (4,540 of these firearms were recovered in crimes).

Additionally, ATF's Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative (YCGII) traces
all firearms recovered from youths/juveniles. YCGII operates in 37 cities
nationwide. It is anticipated YCGII will expand to 75 cities in the next few
years.

In FY99, ATF's National Tracing Center (NTC) traced over 200,000
crime guns. Firearms trace results are often the crucial piece of
evidence that aids Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies
in solving violent crimes.

ATF has used the Integrated Ballistics Identification System (IBIS) to
catalog nearly 168,000 bullets and casings which were entered
nationwide, resulting in 1,150 matches of ballistic evidence between
multiple crime scenes). IBIS units are deployed in 70 cities nationwide
and ATF will be converting 150 Drugfire sites to IBIS within the next
three years.

State, Local and International Training and
Cooperation

ATF's Canine Detection Program has successfully developed a method
of training canines to detect explosives, fire accelerants, and spent
cartridge cases. In FY99, ATF certified 68 accelerant-detecting canines
for State and local agencies and trained 26 canines for the Department
of State's Office of Anti-terrorism Assistance.

G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Resistance Education and Training) is a school-based
program designed to reduce gang involvement across our nation. In
FY99, G.R.E.A.T. officers around the country taught approximately
334,443 children. Since 1991, more than 1.8 million children in 50
States, 3 countries, and 5 provinces have participated.

Alcohol and Tobacco
In FY99, ATF collected approximately $12.1 billion in tax revenue.

Also in FY99, ATF investigated 106 illegal alcohol and tobacco diversion
cases resulting in the seizure of nearly $1.4 million in assets. ATF was
the lead agency in an investigation that resulted in a payment of $10
million to the Treasury Asset Forfeiture Fund.

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ATF reviews approximately 74,000 labels each year to ensure that
customers are informed of the quality and identity of alcohol products
and to ensure the proper tax classification of the products.

Additionally, in FY99, ATF helped 5,626 U.S. alcohol products gain entry
into foreign markets.

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